Dennis Marshall

Dennis Amos Marshall Maxwell (9 August 1985 – 23 June 2011) was a Costa Rica professional footballer who played as a left-back. He made 19 appearances for the Costa Rica national team, scoring once.

Club career Marshall started his career at local side Limonense, before moving to Puntarenas in 2007.

In September 2009 he moved abroad to play for Danish Superliga club AaB.

International career Marshall made his debut for Costa Rica in a June 2009 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Trinidad and Tobago. Overall, he earned a total of nineteen caps, scoring one goal. He represented his country in four FIFA World Cup qualification matches and played at the 2009 and 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cups.

On 18 June 2011, five days before his death, Marshall played his last match for Costa Rica, a 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup quarter-final match against Honduras. The match saw Marshall scoring his sole goal for Costa Rica, which he dedicated to his fiancée, who died with him in the accident.

Personal life Marshall was a son of Dennis Marshall Herron, a former Costa Rica national team player.

Death On 23 June 2011, Marshall and his girlfriend Meilyn Arianna Masís Castro were traveling on the Braulio Carrillo highway in Costa Rica when they were involved in a fatal car accident east of San José while on their way to Marshall's parents in Limón. Marshall had scored the only goal for Costa Rica five days earlier in a match against Honduras in the quarterfinals of the 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup.

His death was marked in several ways in his home country. The president of Costa Rica, Laura Chinchilla, went on national television and expressed her sympathy and a memorial ceremony was held in Estadio Eladio Rosabal Cordero, the stadium of Marshall's former club, CS Herediano.

Career statistics Scores and results list. Costa Rica's goal tally first. Goal Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition 1 18 June 2011 New Meadowlands Stadium, East Rutherford, United States 1–1 1–1 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup